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Peeking Past the Pall Put Over Arms Talks With Russia

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Meanwhile, they pretend that nothings going on "

I don't know how to get through to you any more.

MINUTE 6:30

And they justify this as a "defense" system, not weaponry that is used for purposes of offense. Systems that "prevent aggression."

That is absolutely not true.

A missile defense system is one element of a whole system of offensive military potential.

It works as part of a whole that includes offensive missile launchers.

One complex blocks, the other launches a high precision weapon, the third blocks a potential nuclear strike, and the fourth sends out its own nuclear weapon in response.

This is all designed to be part of one system.

This is how it works in current, non-nuclear, but high precision missile defense systems.

Well okay, let's put aside the actual missile 'defense' issue.

But those capsules into which 'anti-missiles' are inserted, as I've mentioned, they are sea based "

On warships which can carry the Tomahawk subsonic cruise missile system

One could deploy it to position in a matter of hours, and then what kind of "antimissile" system is that?

How do we know what kind of missile is in there? All you have to do is change the programme! (non-nuclear to nuclear)

That's all it would take.

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